Sextus Placitus
Sextus Placitus of Papyra, (active ca. 370 CE), an ancient Roman physician, is best known for his Libri medicinae Sexti Placiti Papyriensis ex animalibus pecoribus et bestiis vel avibus Concordantiae. [1]
Placitus wrote fanciful descriptions of medicines derived from animals, and other sources. For example, he recommended such remedies as consuming cooked puppy to relieve colic, and breaking a fever by cutting a splinter from the door that a eunuch has just passed through.[2]
Works
- Libri medicinae Sexti Placiti Papyriensis ex animalibus pecoribus et bestiis vel avibus Concordantiae. [1][3]
See also
- Ancient Roman medicine
- Culture of ancient Rome
References
- ^ ISBN 3-487-10594-2
- ^ Johann Hermann Baas; 1889; Outlines of the history of medicine and the medical profession; online version at Google Books
- ^ (in German) — "Artzneybuch Sexti Platonici Philosophi von den Vöglen, wilden und zamen Thieren" : wie man dieselben in der Artzney für allerhand Kranckheiten gebrauchen soll, gantz lustig, nutzlich und gut gemeinen Haußhaltern, auch allen Liebhabern der Artzney zu lesen und zu wissen. - Nbn-resolving.de: digital edition
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